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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-03-17
THE RED FLAG.

Those who scout the idea of future trou-
BILE from the communist leaven now work
ing among the masses of our large cities
can reflect upon the statement in the
Chicago dispatch, this morning, based on
official authority that there are now in
that city alone ten thousand sympathizers
with the red flag. Not only are the Chi
cago communists formidable in numbers,
but their temper is so vicious that the
prison authorities have declined to allow
tho condemned anarchist, Oscar Neebe, to
attend tho funeral OF his wife 20 day, for
fear his presence might iucite an out
break.
From this II appears the CONTINUE Of
Chicago differs but little from that which
applied the torch to the palaces Of Paris
and pulled down her statues. Beng the
same here as in Europe, it needs for It's
suppression the same treatment, which
has been there successful. That is Ii,
argument OF force Wits these fanatic.
reason is useless.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-03-17
THE TAN COLLECTORS.

The report made by the committee of
investigation on the part of the senate OF
the affairs of the com ptroller's office, but
em phasizes what has long been known
that there is the greatest laxity and slow
ness on the part of the tax collectors of
the state in making their returns to the
controllers Office. This slowness is not
only bad business policy, but may amount
to criminal negligence when, because of 1t
the treasury becomes SO depleted that
current expenses can not be met. And,
while censure for this state of affairs lies
to certain extent at the cOmptroller's
door, yet, because of the weak provisions
of the law governing the exact duties of
the tax collectors in making their returns,
and the power of the comptroller over the
collectors, it would seem that the fault is
rather in the statutes than in their en-
forcement. The privilege granted
the collectors, of satisfying certain
credit papers and educational drafts
and holding these amounts against their
collections, without being required to &C
count for them but once year, prac-
tically negatives the law requiring returns
to be made quarterly. These collectors,
are, as a rule, not the best business men,
and in the settlement of many conflicting
claims, it frequently happens that the
county claims are overpaid, and the col
lector can not make his returns to the
comptroller until the county commits
sioners can meet and reimburse him,
Again, it frequently occurs that the edu-
cational drafts exceed the whole county
tax, and in such cases the collector salts
fies himself by paying on the drafts all he
has on hand, and does not trouble himself
to make any returns of his conduct until
the balance due for educational purposes
is requested of the comptroller. All these
circumstances have, together, made the
work in the comptrollers Office, in refer
ence to taxes of dilatory nature, for
which the law and these circumstances
are more to blame than the comptroller.
We think then the wisest course in tn
correction of these abuses would be to
pass a law in conformity with the report
of the committee which says:
"We think that it would be we'll to enact
law requiring such reports to be made
monthly, and that it be made a penal Of
Tense to fail, neglect or refuse to comply
with the same; and that it be made the
imperative duty of the comptroller to en-
force a strict compliance with such law,
with proper penalty for failure or
neglect on his part"
We think that the legislature, in its
great dearth of beneficial enactments,
might find time to stamp this corrective
law on the statutes of the state.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-03-17

again direct attention to the mania Tor
official stealing which seems to prevail Gil
over the country. The treasures of pri-
vate and public corporations seem to
suffec alike-and alike to be the special
object of peculators.
Scarcely a day passes that the wires do
not bring an account of some bank oihcer
from president to cashier-escaping to
Canada with thousands of dollars stolen
from corporation Golfers. Such nara
tives of crime are not unfrequently
supplemented by the "ower true tale" OF
the robbery of county or municipal treas
uries-as in the instance mentioned in the
dispatches, this mOrning-by officials
elected to guard not to depredate upon
the public funds.
These robberies and stealings-call them
what we will-embezzlement, shortage,
"indiscretions," or anything else-are ali
indication of lax public morals, and the
corruption which has survived the civil
war. They can best be repressed by
healthy moral tone among the people, and
certain punishment as well as increase OF
penalty for official robbery. If public
officers like the county commissioners Of
of New York city cannot be honest volun-
tarily, let them be forced to be so by
penalties strong enough to outweigh their
reckless infatuation for "boodle." Letno
official thief escape. We should then have
fewer defalcations to chronicle.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-03-17
DoN'TPREJUDIcE THE VETERANS CLAIM.

If the veterans holding patents to lands
in Greer county, had sought judicial de-
cision in their case, then there might be
some force in the argument it is said
some members of the Legislature are US
ing, "that theso veterans have their case
in court, and should await its outcome be-
fore an appeal is made to the legislature"
But this is not the case. These veterans
are in court against their will, and in spite
of their appeal to the attorney general
that he would wait until the boundary
question was settled and the title to Greer
county safely in the state of Texas, that
they might not be put to the expense OF a
needless suit. They are in court, beca use
of a suit brought by this attorney general
in disregard of this appeal, even though
they we're paying to the state thousands
of dollars yearly in taxes-tho only reye-
nue. ever derived from this county. They
are IN court because of this suit brought
by the attorney general without the sane
ton of the governor, and in defiance of
his express wishes. And it does seem
that their position, thus per force thrust
upon them, should not be turned by gen
tlemen of this legislature to their disad-
vantage. If relief is not granted these
weather stained veterans now, two years
hence it will be too late, perhaps, to re-
pair a serious and shameful injustice
Gentlemen of the legislature, these men
gained for you the security in which you
meet and pass laws. They and their law
full assiguees nave the right to claia your
patient hearing and most considerable
action.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-03-17
The New Street Car Line.

DR.. Tobin has, practically, finished the
street car switch he has been putting in
on the corner of Pecan street and Con-
gress avenue. The old line of cars will
run as before. The only change will be
that the cemetery cars coming up the
Avenue will turn out Pecan and run to
Pressler's garden, and in returning will
keep straight on out East Pecan to the
cemetery. DR.. Tobin has pushed this
work rapidly and safely. He has fur
nished Austin very complete line of city
railway, and he deserves the thanks of all
the citizens for his energy and business
enterprise. A very much needed, and
surely much appreciated accommoda-
ton, has been gained for the people of
Austin by the public spirit of DR.. Tobin.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-03-17
CURE FOR PILES.

Piles are frequently preceded by a
sense of weight In the back, loins and
lower part of the abdomen, causing the
patient to suppose he has some af-
fiction of the kidneys or neighboring Or
gans. At times, symptoms of indigestion
are present, flatulency, uneasiness of the
stomach, etc. A moisture like perspira-
ton, producing very disagreeable itch
ing, after getting warm, is common at
tendant. Blind, Bleeding and Itching
Piles yield at once to the application of
DR.. BosankO's Pile Remedy, which acts di-
rectly upon the parts affected, absorbing
the Tumors allying the intense itching
and effecting,a permanent cure. Price 80
cents. Address The DR.. Bosanko
Medicine Co., Piqua, O. Sold at Alexan-
der's drug store.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-03-17
TRANSATLANTIC YACHT RACE.

Old tars will be deeply Interested in Cd e
Trans Atlantic socs of the yachts. Daunt-
less and Coronet mentioned IL the dis
patches this morning. without Goubt the
race from one side OF the Atlantic to the
other-Ncw York harbor to the Irish
coast--will be one Of the finest, most i'm
portant marine contests of the kind ever
undertaken.
Aside from the ten thousand dollars
stake to be taken by the winner. interest
centers in the time Of the voyage, as the
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-03-17
WHOSE UNIVERSITY:

There are several propositions before
the legislature which, it is hoped, the
members will rise to the dignity of con-
sidering upon their merits. and in that
patriotic spirit which should characterize
body of men delegated by the people to
act for them in a sovereign capacity, and
not as the representatives of any special
interest to the detriment of the general
welfare. Is it the province of a leglsla-
tor, because he happens to be
farmer, for instance, TO insist
that a branch of the University, because 1t
ia assumed to be a farmers institution,
which seems to be the assumption as to the
Agricultural and Mechanical college, must
be sustained at all hazards to the Univer'
sity? The question is not what the farm
ers alone want, but what is best for all
classes. If a farmers college was what
the people preferred they would never
have established the University. But they
wanted something more than college,
as is evidenced by their munifcent endow-
ment for the University, an endowment
intended for its support and not for di
version from its management in every
conceivable channel which whimsical leg
islatures, to serve special interests, may
suggest.
The trouble between the two institu-
tions originates from the rather abnormal
fact that the college got into operation
before there was sufficient University fund
to organize the University, and was made
n branch of it in order to draw upon the
University funds for its support But is
it right to allow this to con
tinue after the University has been
started, and independent of the question
Of other rights, needs its fund for its own
support to finish its own building, while
the college has its buildings completed,
and a special endowment besides, for its
Is there no limit to the
demands of the Agricultural and Mechan-
cal college? And must the legislature
meet these demands under the partisan
appeal of its being "a farmers college,?
Is not the University the far
mers University as much as the college is
the farmers college? And what is more,
is not the University the heritage of
the whole people, including, of course,
the farmers as we'll as other interests?
Because farmers son may be taught
farming as specially at the college, is
the University, where the same son may
be taught so many other things quite as
useful as instruction in farming, any less
a heritage for the Boosting of the farmer
than the college? Why not make the
welkin ring with as loud "huzzas" and
"hurrahs" for the farmers university"
as for the farmers college?
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-03-17
Wedded Bliss.

The following seekers of the joys
of matrimonial life secured per-
mits to wed during the week which closed
yesterday:
w. l.. Edwards and Alice Stevens.
r. G. Purcell and M. j, Smith.
Fritz Krause and Am ella Miller.
VIM. Cunningham and Anna Strickland.
August j. Eilers and Maggie M. Cater
Carl Johan Luidell and Hama Sophie Ce-
ders.
Frank Wilson and Cecilia Mendoza.
David Rucker and Ida Perry.
Aberisto Cordinas and Maria Sepulheda,
Frederick Static and Mile Luse.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-03-17

COME to think it, that is curious DIS
tinction which makes it a most regreta-
BILE indescretion" in prominent citizen
who swindles the state out of eight hun
dred or thousand dollars, and sets down
as "foul crime" the act of the starving
poor devil who "slips" fifty cents out of
your pants pocket Who is the most
guilty.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-03-17
THE LIVER

Secretes the bile and acts like q filter to
cleanse impurities of the blood. Ey IT.
in its action or suspensions
of its functions, tie bile poisons the blood,
causing jaundjce, saliOw complexion, weak
eyes, bilious diarrheG, ianguid, weary
feeling, end many otter addressing synp-
toms GENERALLY termed liver troubles. These
are relieved at once By the use of BULL s
SARSAPARiLLA the great blood reSoivent
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OF BULLS SARsAPARILLA gave me more RELIEF
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I. IL. OWENS, Louisville, Ky.
DIR. JOHN BULL have examined the pre-
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have used it both in public and private practice,
and think it the best article OF Sarsaparl!an USE
NJ PYLES, NJ. D., Louisville, KY,
Res. Phys. at Lou, Marine Hosp.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-03-17

JUDOE MoLEABY can put up good fist
fight as well as splendid argument in the
court house. His fight with the San
Antonio hotel-keeper will make him
famous all over the country, and ought to.
A supreme court judge who can use his
fists in such Sullivan-like style, will pass
anywhere in these United States.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-03-17

THERE is just possibility that the
whole fuss about the Baltimore g. Ohio
new deal is a trick Of the stock gamblers
in Wall street.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-03-17

The Military and Naval academy, at Ok
ford, Md, has collapsed, the superin-
tendent having pocketed from $4,000 to
100000, it is said. Many Texas boys
were there and have returned to Texas,
Wallie Stewart, of this city, among the
number.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-03-17

THERE are more enemies of the State
University in the background of the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical college grab than
many dream of. The main idea is not SO
much the building up of the corn plant
ing, cotton tending institution as the
pulling down of the main University here
at Austin.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-03-17
READING NATTER.
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-03-17
OFFICIAL FRAUDS.
action.

The discovery of fresh frauds in the
city OF New York, this time in the county
treasury, which has been despoiled of a
million dollars by official thieves, will
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-03-17
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-03-17
RULL's sARsAPARILLA.
DYSPEPSIA

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nj nit of the stomach, heartburn, wind in the
Stomach, bad breath, bad taste in the mouth,
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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-10-21
Anecdo,e of George stephen.on.

The following anecdOte Of George
Stephenson is told IN a recent issue Of
the Newcastle Ckroniele:
"Thc Young inventor, when young
man, went one day into an upper room
Of his house and closed the window.
1t had been left open a long time because
Of the great heat. but now the weather
was becoming cooler, and so Mr..
Stephenson thought 1t would be well to
shut il. lie little knew at the time what
he was doing. Two or three days, how
ever, he chanced to observe u bird hy-
ing against the same window, and beat
ing against it with all its might, again
and again, as If trying TO break IL. His
sympathy and curiosity were aroused.
What could the little thing want! He
at once went TO the FoOm and opened
the window TO see. The window OPEN
ed the bird flew straight To one partic-
ular spot in the room, where Stephenson
saw a nest-lhat little birds nest. The
poor bird looked at it, took IN the sad
story at a glance, aud huttered down 10
the fioor, broken hearted, almost dead.
Stephenson drawing near to look, was
filled with unspeakable sorrow. There
sat the motber-bird, and under il four
tiny young oDes-mOther and young
all apparently dead. Stephenson cried
aloud. He tenderly lifted the exhausted
bird from the floor, the worm 1t had so
long and bravely struggled TO bring to
its home and young still in its beak, and
carefully tried to revive 1t, but bis
efforts proved In vain. Itspeedily died,
and the great man mourned for many
day. At that time the force Of George
Stephenson's mind was changing the
face Of the earth, yet he wept at the
sight Of this dead family, and was deep
ly grIeved because he himself had un-
consciously been the cause Of DEATH"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-10-21
Animal Medicine

Animals get ridof their parasites by
using dust, mud, clay, etc. Those suf-
fering from fever restrict their diet,
keep quiet, seek dark, airy places, drink
water and sometimes plunge into it..
When a dog has lost his appetite he eats
that species OF grass known as dogs
grass, which acts as an emetic and pur-
gatiYe. Cats also eat grass. Sheep and
cows, when i'll, also seek out certain
herbs. An animal suffering from chron-
ic rheumatism, always keeps, as far as
possible, in the sun. The warrior ants
have regularly organized ambulances.
Latrelle cut the anttenna of an ant, and
other ants came and covered the wound
ed part with a transparent fluid secreted
in their little mouths.
If chimpaLZee il wounded it stops
the bleeding by placing its hand on the
wound and dressing it with leaves or
grass. When an animal has wounded
leg or arm hanging OH, 1t completes the
amputation with its teeth. A dog, on
being stung oil the muzzle by a viper,
WAS observed to plunge its head repeat
edly for several days in running water.
The animal eventually recovered.
A sporting dog was run over by q
carriage, During three weeks In win
ter il remained lying in brook, where
its food was taken to it. The animal
recovered. A terrier hurt its right eye I;
it remained under a counter, avoiding
heat and light, although it habitually
kept close TO the fire; it adopted gen.
eral treatment, restand abstinence from
food. The local treatment consisted in
licking the upper surface Of the paw,
which 1t applied to the wounded eye;
again licking the paw when it became
dry.
Animals suffering from rheumatic
fever treat themselves by the continued
application of cold water, which NJ. De-
launcy considers to be more certain than
any OF the other methods. In view Of
these interesting facts weare, he thinks,
forced to admit that hygiene and thera-
peulics, as produced by animals, may,
in the interest Of physiology, 5e studied
with advantage. Many physicians have
been observers of animals, their diseases,
and the methods adopted by them in
their instinct to cure themselves, and
have appropriated the knowledge so
brought under their observation in their
practice Boston Budget.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-10-21
Fall Goods
LARGE STOCK
AT
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and we will give you bargains
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and come and see. We have
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